@CDLK
I can empathise CDLK. I quit my job and wouldn't leave the house...not even for the hozzy when my chest and triceps muscles constricted and I'd convinced myself that 'this is it'. I'm going to die. ( At the extreme end of one particular anxiety meltdown.) It took me the best part of four days solid self imposed bed rest to recover from the physical and mental effects of that one. It wiped me out.
It's soul destroying to completely lose our identity to fear
It can affect almost every part of our daily functioning. I've heard it said that hope is a stronger emotion than fear...and I'm starting to believe it.
Sending you huge hugs xx